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Anglo-Scottish border (view source)
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The '''Anglo-Scottish border''' separates [[England]] and [[Scotland]], two constituent countries of the United Kingdom. At around 100 miles long, the border stretches from Marshal Meadows Bay, just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the North Sea coast in the east, to the Solway Firth in the west. Although the area's political status has been ever-changing for much of the past 2000 years, being a frontier long before the nations of England or Scotland came to exist, the geographical border of England and Scotland has changed little since the signing of the Treaty of York in 1237, save for in the late 15th century, when Berwick-upon-Tweed was recaptured by [[Edward IV]] of England.
The '''Anglo-Scottish border''' separates [[England]] and [[Scotland]], two constituent countries of the United Kingdom. At around 100 miles long, the border stretches from Marshal Meadows Bay, just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the North Sea coast in the east, to the Solway Firth in the west. Although the area's political status has been ever-changing for much of the past 2000 years, being a frontier long before the nations of England or Scotland came to exist, the geographical border of England and Scotland has changed little since the signing of the Treaty of York in 1237, save for in the late 15th century, when Berwick-upon-Tweed was recaptured by [[Edward IV]] of England.
==Border region==
Two English [[British counties|counties]], namely Cumberland and Northumberland, border Scotland, whilst three Scottish counties, [[Berwickshire]], [[Dumfriesshire]] and [[Roxburghshire]], border England.
The Anglo-Scottish border region was known as the "Scottish Marches" between the 13th and 17th centuries, and constituted six March lordships; three either side of the border. On the English side, the West March broadly comprised the counties Cumberland and [[Westmorland]], the Middle March covered most of Northumberland, with the East March covering the far north-east of that county. On the Scottish side, the West March approximately covered the combined area of [[Kirkcudbrightshire]] and [[Dumfriesshire]], the Middle March was roughly co-extensive with the counties Roxburghshire, [[Selkirkshire]] and [[Peeblesshire]], and the East March covered Berwickshire.
==History==
==History==